ST. PAUL, Minn. — A Minnesota father faces charges of terroristic threats for allegedly pointing an AK-47 rifle at his daughter during an argument over school grades.

According to KMSP-TV, Kirill Bartashevitch, 52, grabbed his gun after his daughter swore at him and said she “hated” him. The girl’s mother stepped between the two, when according to a police report, Bartashevitch pushed his wife to the ground and pointed the gun at both of them.

The argument was prompted when the 52-year-old found out his daughter didn’t get straight A’s, a report said.

The daughter said she was never scared because she didn’t believe the gun was loaded.

Bartashevitch admitted to pointing the gun at both of them and said the gun was not loaded and he checked the chamber before pointing it at both of them.

The incident came to surface after the girl texted a friend about it. That friend showed to the message to her mother who passed it on to a school social worker.

Kirill Bartashevitch faces charges of two counts of terroristic threats for pointing the gun at his daughter and wife. Bail was set at $20,000 with the conditions Bartashevitch have no contact with his daughter or wife.

"The Newtown Board of Education will be asking the town to make room for more armed police officers in its budget.

In a meeting Thursday, the board voted to request the town to add full time uniformed school resource officers to its four elementary school s for the next fiscal year was approved this evening. The officers would be Newtown police officers.

“Our parents are demanding of us that things are made safe and secure and certain measures areput in place,” said Chairwoman Debbie Leidlein. “So we’re being very thoughtful.”

Multiple police officers have been stationed at all Newtown schools since the December 14th shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary killed twenty children and 6 teachers. Those officers will remain at the school through the remainder of the school year. For the next fiscal year, resource officers were budgeted only to be at Middle and High Schools. ..."